7801 Research Institute Column Report
Introduction
Productization in aerospace defense refers to the development, standardization, selection, verification, and upgrading of products based on product platforms and technology platforms, in accordance with mass production requirements. This involves a streamlined and intensive model to meet the diverse needs of different units and various product types, optimizing research and production management models to achieve the comprehensive engineering technology and management model aimed at “high standards, high quality, high efficiency, and low cost”. To further advance productization efforts, the Quality Department of the 7801 Research Institute has collaborated with the Party Building Work Department to launch a special interview series titled “Discussing Productization”.
Thoughts on Productization in Embedded Design
□ Wu Qiongqin
Embedded system design includes both hardware and software aspects. In past development processes, due to factors such as interfaces, functions, dimensions, and component selection, hardware circuits could hardly be directly reused from previous mature projects. There were also issues of insufficient standardization and modularization in software design, leading to repetitive development of the same functions across different projects. Designers had to spend a significant amount of effort on repetitive tasks, resulting in long development cycles and difficulties in improving product maturity.
Since the 7801 Research Institute initiated productization efforts, the Third Research Room has actively responded to the work requirements, deeply understanding the importance of productization for embedded design, shifting mindsets, and exploring new design models. They plan to advance productization in embedded design from the following three aspects:
1. Promoting the organization and construction of product types. A comprehensive review of embedded components (including supporting software) of products will be conducted, covering existing, in-development, and future components. This will clarify types and specifications, focusing on current task requirements while considering general applicability and technological advancement, to construct a product type system and carry out productization work based on this system.
2. Building an embedded product shelf and a technology shelf. Based on the product type system architecture, typical components that meet maturity requirements will be included in the product shelf, allowing direct selection during product development. Development requirements, guidelines, etc., will be summarized to form standard specifications included in the technology shelf.
3. Actively promoting the construction of software and hardware CBB. In embedded circuits, there are modules with the same or similar functions. By standardizing and modularizing designs, circuits with the same functions will be unified, forming standardized general circuits that designers can directly select from a common library. Common modules in software will be formed into components, completing testing, verification, and maturity evaluation, thus creating an organizational asset library from which software designers can directly call mature components, avoiding repetitive design and development.
Productization will bring comprehensive and process-wide changes to research and development work. The Third Research Room will continue to advance the productization process, accelerate the construction of product and technology shelves, continuously improve R&D efficiency and product quality, while reducing costs and enhancing product maturity.
Written by ✎: Lu Hongmin
Reviewed by ✎: Lai Jianchao